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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Located near downtown Menlo Park, the Modal Home sits at a busy intersection and across the street from a high school. Schwartz and Architecture has completed a single-storey home in Menlo Park for a family of four "The siting of the home at the front edge of the corner lot is somewhat counter-intuitive," the team said.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

A sawtooth roof, blue ceramic tiles and corrugated steel panels define this home in Madrid , Spain , designed by Ignacio G Galán and OF Architects. A sequence of cascading gardens wrap around the home, providing outdoor seating along with a small pool.

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JUNE 15, 2022

Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other. See the full story on Dwell.com: An Offset Roof Isn't the Only Off-Kilter Thing About This Home in Japan Related stories: An Architect Couple Hand Built (and Then Rebuilt) a Bahamian Escape This $1.2M

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APRIL 2, 2024

A new tw0-story structure on the rear lane contains the bike and garden storage, laundry area, bathroom, and a studio space. The roof to the living space is densely planted and its concrete structure provides enough depth for the plants to thrive. Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. We saw this central skylight as the central anchor to the new house, surrounded by all the key spaces," he added. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Drawing on the local farmhouse typology, the home by Richard Parr Associates features a sloped-roof brick structure clad with charred timber and topped with corrugated metal roofing. The 350-metre-square home is split into four distinct quarters spread across two wings, each fronted with monolithic brick walls.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A cantilevered form with thatched surfaces defines Summer House, a holiday home designed by architecture studio RAPA on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary. The lower storey is informed by local 1960s flat-roofed architecture and clad in stone that is mined locally in Tihany. The photography is by Tamas Bujnovszky.

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Dwell

APRIL 21, 2023

We utilized stone from both the site and neighboring farms to anchor the building into the site, with rough-sawn timber cladding talking to the lost bush land, and a galvanized steel roof that is a nod to the vernacular Australian farmhouse. Have one to share? Post it here. The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2023

Local architect Tomás de Iruarrizaga has designed Casa Granic, a holiday home located on a hillside by Riñihue Lake in Chile that is meant for "year-round living". Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures. The photography is by Cristóbal Palma.

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JUNE 6, 2022

Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed a house in a Dutch village featuring a roof with three sloping sections that incorporate skylights , sedum and concealed solar panels. Villa K2 features a multi-pitched roof. The home is designed to complement its surroundings. It was clad in vertical timber slats. "At

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A cluster of wood-clad, gabled volumes form a sculptural home by architectural studio Young Projects that nods to historic Long Island architecture while reimagining the barn typology. Photo is by Alan Tansey To create visual continuity, the team aligned the roof ridges of all six volumes. hectare) lot with an historic farmhouse. "The

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Dwell

APRIL 20, 2023

Inspired by the history of grand architectural spaces and ship-building techniques, a vaulted roof was developed so that head heights could be increased beyond the standard sloped side extension and still fall within the planning constraints of eaves and roof heights set by the local authority.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The form of a traditional rural Czech dwelling is contrasted with modern pine-lined interiors at Casa de mi Luna, a home designed by architecture practice Studio Circle Growth. Meanwhile, the roof is lined with traditional tiles called bobrovka. The photography is by Fredrik Frendin.

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2024

Assuming the role of contractor, Julie Park works through trials and tribulations to construct a Blue Sky house with a complex metal roof. Homeowner Julie Park ordered the home’s components from the prefab company Blue Sky Building Systems, and she hired architect Andrew Goodwin to assist with structural engineering and permits.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

In 2021, Frank Stark and Emma Bugden purchased the pool (and adjacent hall and fire station) from Ross, and approached Ross's son Ben (of Patchwork Architecture) to design them a family home on the site. Frank and Emma provided Patchwork with a simple brief—to create a warm three bedroom home with lots of space for books and art.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The home, built in the ’70s as a summer house, had no insulation of any kind, nor did it establish any kind of direct relationship with the landscape or surroundings. The roof is changed and, in the process, the materials are recovered and transformed into the interior furnishings. "In Home for Three Generations of Family

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Deezen

MARCH 24, 2022

Studio MK27 , which is led by architect and filmmaker Marcio Kogan, completed the 8,343-square-metre home in early 2020. Studio MK27 designed Vista House with a smaller envelope nested under a long gabled roof. The home is made up of a low-slung, gabled roof that is roughly 15 metres wide, 3.5

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APRIL 4, 2023

Project Details: Location: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia Architect: MRTN Architects / @ mrtn_architects Landscape Design: SBLA Studio Builder: J & S Contracting Structural Engineer: W.J. The materials were also chosen to be recessive, including a dull silver roof, black sheets, and ironbark timber.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Open-air bedrooms and terraces are raised above the treetops at this holiday home designed by Italian architecture studio PAT on Kenya 's Manda Island. PAT teamed up with fellow Italian architect Ferdinando Fagnola on the project, which involved renovating a 2oth-century "white house" and adding a series of elevated, pavilion-like structures.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Curved ceilings create a cozy feel, but wall-height windows throughout the L-shaped plan keep the home connected to its courtyard. The lower flat roof hangs above the connecting section. The gardens gradually divide the residence and create harmony for the environment both at home and from the outside.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

Based in New York City, Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects designed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square-metre) home, called the Tree Farmer's House, for a one-acre lot. The exterior walls were clad in cedar wood The three-bedroom home "creates a sense of containment and release in the landscape." The photography is by Keith Scott Morton.

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Dwell

APRIL 14, 2023

The ADU has a simple gable roof to mimic the existing main house at the front of the property. "All When cut out, urban views like electrical lines and slivers of the neighboring roofs can become interesting views. It is one of Bunch Design’s prototype designs with one bedroom and one bathroom.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Built as a second home for a family of four, the building sits on a ribbon of land between a golf course and Copake Lake in Upstate New York.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Structural Engineer: Martin Wünsche Fire Safety Engineering: Pavla Tvrdá EPC: Tomáš Brückner Footprint: 1,560 square feet From the Architects: " The clients specified that the building program should include a home for a family of four and a separate unit for their grandparents. was quite difficult in this case.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

The home, called Wabi Sabi Residence and completed in 2020 is a 4,000-square-foot (370-square metre) structure on a nine-acre lot in the Wasatch Range. Sparano + Mooney created the cantilevered home near Salt Lake City. The home is topped with a green roof. Builder: Living Home Construction.

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2024

It is built with conventional stud walls, sits on the same slab-on-ground, and is topped with the same trussed roof. Like them, it offers four bedrooms, a two-car garage, and a second living room.

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Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

Located in the small Wyoming town of Alta, the house serves as a holiday home for an outdoor-loving couple from Portland, Oregon. Alta House is in Wyoming Portland-based Lever Architecture sought to create a durable home that could withstand the region's harsh winter weather while capitalising on the picturesque setting.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. The roof features a rounded triangle roof opening made of aluminium. The photography is by Estudio Palma. Cabinetry: Xylem, Inc.

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

Landscape Designer: Michal Marcinov Structural Engineer: Katarína Kyselová Steel Constructions: Samuel Šimonovi? Photographer: Maxime Delvaux / @maxdelv From the Architect: " Villa Bôrik is set within a neighborhood of relatively homogenous homes with private gardens that form a continuous landscape.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2023

New York City-based firm Studio MM Architect has completed a Corten steel-wrapped house with a dogtrot -style breezeway that connects to a home studio in North Branch, New York. Known as the Bully Hill House, the home was completed in 2019 by Studio MM Architect , which is led by founder Marica McKeel.

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Dwell

MAY 22, 2024

From the moment they moved into their semidetached Victorian home in London in 2006, Nicola and Patrick Kendall dreamed of renovating their kitchen—but life and more pressing home improvements got in the way. The client was really pleased with the result." I really wanted a curved wall," says Nicola. "It

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Rather than add an addition to the original structure, their plan was a complementary new companion house: a ruggedly modern home capable of coexisting in balance with the existing house, offering the potential for dual occupancy or future use of either building. Have one to share? Post it here.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The steely home replaces a teardown cottage with elements that match a Norman Foster–designed extension from the ’60s. The new four-story house is designed to complement Foster Associates’ lightweight single-story structure of steel trusses, concrete blocks, and large-span aluminum-framed glazing. Have one to share? Post it here.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

In an otherworldly Melbourne home, the stair looks like rock shaped by water over millennia. Project Details: Location: Melbourne, Australia Architect: LLDS / @ llds_architecture Footprint: 880 square feet Structural Engineer: Bollinger+Grohmann Civil Engineer: R. The brown roof supports local ecology in an urban context.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

CLB Architects designed a Japanese-influenced home in Wyoming. Locally based CLB Architects noted that the design — influenced by both Japanese architecture and California modernism – is a departure from the mountain modernism typical of vacation homes built in the region. The facade of the home is simple and linear.

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MAY 24, 2023

The Rain Harvest Home, or Casa Cosecha de Lluvia, is located in the rural town of Temascaltepec, which lies about 140 kilometres west of Mexico City. Top: The home is located in the mountains west of Mexico City. Above: It is one of three independent structures. The home features various communal areas.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

It’s slotted in a row of brick residences but connects with the outdoors via the screens, glazing at the rear, and a skylight roof. The site now sits between two-story brick houses with pitched tile roofs built in the 2000s and already sub-divided into flats. Have one to share? Post it here.

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